Outgassing from Amazonian rivers and wetlands as a large tropical source of atmospheric CO2

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6881, 2002, Pages 617-620

  Richey, Jeffrey E ^a   Melack, John M ^c   Aufdenkampe, Anthony K ^a   Ballester, Victoria M ^b   Hess, Laura L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; DEGASSING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOILS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

SEQUESTRATIONS;

RIVERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; RIVER WATER; TROPICAL FOREST; WETLAND;

AFRICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; GAS EXCHANGE; LAND BIOME; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; TROPICS; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

ATMOSPHERE; BRAZIL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; OCEANS AND SEAS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037061439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416617a     Document Type: Article

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